Saturday, June 25, 2011

Summer Reading List

I've made list of books I am intending to read this summer. Although, looking at how long it's gotten, it's probably going to be my Summer, Fall and possibly even Winter reading list. Especially since I'm still only on the first book of the list. The books on the list are pulled from various book recommendations I've found on lists and books I've just been meaning to read. We'll see how well I do at the actual reading. I'll try to report back on the books and what I think about them. Maybe that'll force me to post more than once a year. So, here's the list, in no particular order:

To The End Of The Land - David Grossman (this is the one I'm currently reading)

Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy - Eric Metaxas

The Passage - Justin Cronin

Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro

The History of Love - Nicole Krauss

The Pride of Baghdad - Brian K. Vaughan & Nicko Henrichon

The Road - Cormac McCarthy

No Country For Old Men - Cormac McCarthy

The Plot Against America - Philip Roth

The Stand - Stephen King

Godric - Frederick Buechner

Everything Is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer

I Am The Messenger - Markus Zusak (I highly recommend another book of his, The Book Thief)

Bossypants - Tina Fey (this one might end up being a book on tape while I drive to NC)

Room - Emma Donoghue

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver

The Magicians - Lev Grossman

Angry Conversations With God - Susan E. Isaacs

Love Is An Orientation - Andrew Marin

Crazy Love - Francis Chan

The Shack - William P. Young (no, I really haven't read it yet)

Til We Have Faces - C. S. Lewis

The Harry Potter Books (all of them) - JK Rowling

Love Wins - Rob Bell

Sister - Rosamund Lupton

Caleb's Crossing - Geraldine Brooks

The Gap Year - Sarah Bird

Matched - Allie Condie

Emily, Alone - Stewart O'Nan

Snow Angel - Stewart O'Nan

Last Night At The Lobster - Stewart O'Nan

The Watery Part of the World - Michael Parker

The White Woman On The Green Bicycle - Monique Roffey

Evening Is The Whole Day - Preeta Samarasan

Wingshooters - Nina Revoyr

Before I Go To Sleep - S. J. Watson

The Storm At The Door - Stefan Merrill

Bright's Passage - Josh Ritter

Once Upon A River - Bonnie Jo Campbell

Reservation Road - John Burnham Schwartz

Northwest Corner - John Burnham Schwartz

Graveminder - Melissa Marr

The Go-Between - L. P. Hartley

Ok, wow...so, at the rate I'm currently reading the first of the books on the list, it's going to take me more than a year to complete this list. We'll see how it goes.